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John Swords
Director of Health Business Services (HBS), HSE
John Swords is Director of Health Business Services (HBS) which is the business division of the Health Service Executive (HSE) and provides high quality business services and solutions globally across the health sector.
HBS is the consolidation and streamlining of the business operations that are used by multiple parts of the organisation. HBS includes the following:
HBS Business Excellence & Innovation, Estates, Finance, SAP Centre of Excellence, Human Resources, National Health Sustainability Office, The National Integrated Staff Records & Pay Programme (NISRP), Procurement.
John was previously head of procurement with the HSE.
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